Time Warner TV App Now Available on Android Market.

 

Time Warner TV App Now Available on Android Market.

Recently Time Warner Cable released a new app available on the Android Market for free. This new app called TWC TV is a cable television package for Android devices such as smart phones and tablets.

 

This new TV app also lets the user control their DVR from virtually anywhere as well as control the TV channels and settings from other rooms in the home.

 

TWC TV has other features including:

• Programming search
• An interactive program guide (listings up to a week in adv
• Set and view favorites
• Adjust DVR recording times

Requirements

• Compatible Android smartphone or tablet (see below)
• Time Warner Cable video package at the Standard (Expanded Basic) level or higher
• Compatible set-top box or DVR (Motorola iGuide equipment is currently unsupported)
• Internet connection (WiFi or 3G)
• Time Warner Cable user name and password

The video lineup has yet to be released.

“Once manufacturers and cellular carriers begin to upgrade their phones to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), we will release an update to offer in-home live TV on these devices,” Jeff Simmermon, Time Warner Cable’s director of digital communications wrote on the company’s blog. “We expect to see those upgrades early next year.”

TWC also said that” Apple iPhone owners will be able to obtain the app sometime in January.  For now, only Apple iPad owners can view streamed video content.”